Wednesday, November 7, 2012

7 November 2012



Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Reformation Day 2012 Hearing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in Case of Geneva College v. Sebelius

[2] Ligonier Ministries Offers 2012 West Coast Conference DVD Series Standing Firm for Contribution of Any Amount

[3] World Communion of Reformed Churches to leave Geneva, Switzerland for Hanover, Germany

[4] PCUSA Permanent Judicial Commission Exonerates Lesbian Minister Who ‘Married’ Same-Sex Partner

[5] PCUSA Permanent Judicial Commission Faults San Francisco Presbytery’s Gracious Dismissal Policy for Not Taking into Account the Value of Church Property

[6] Church of Scotland Presbyteries Establishing Special Committees to Negotiate Property Settlements with Churches Seceding over Ordination of Homosexual Ministers

[7] News from the Trinity Foundation

[8]
Headlines from Christian Concern

[9]
Headlines from The Christian Institute

[10]
Articles from LifesiteNews.com

[11] 
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[12] 
The Religion of Peace

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[1] Reformation Day 2012 Hearing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in Case of Geneva College v. Sebelius

A hearing in the case of Geneva College v. Sebelius was held in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Reformation Day 31 October 2012.
Geneva College of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which argued against the Obama administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by Geneva College against the president’s abortion pill mandate. The ADF is additionally representing the Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company, a family-owned business in Cranberry, Pennsylvania.

The mandate forces employers, regardless of their religious or moral convictions, to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception under threat of heavy penalties.


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+ Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), 7408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-731-1177, Fax: 412-731-8861


[2] Ligonier Ministries Offers 2012 West Coast Conference DVD Series Standing Firm for Contribution of Any Amount

R.C. Sproul writes:

“I've seen it again and again. Someone recognizes false teaching and arises to resist it. But instead of supporting the courageous person who wants to uphold Christ's truth, other Christians call for that person to be silent. Fearing hostility from the culture or the wider body of professing Christians, many believers turn the guns inward and silence their fellow believer for the sake of peace.

“Yet peace that is won at the expense of the truth is no peace at all.

“Of course, so far as it depends upon us, we are to live peaceably with all (Rom. 12:18). But when God's truth is attacked we must draw a line in the sand. Like Daniel of old, we must be willing to face the lions if that's what it takes to guard the truth (Dan. 6).

“Even now, for example, Ligonier Ministries faces governmental pressure through new healthcare legislation that is hostile to the sanctity of human life. We can't—and won't—compromise by obeying laws forcing us to fund abortion on demand, no matter the cost.”

Ligonier Ministries wants to offer the ministry’s friends and supporters ready to hold the line for God's truth a copy of the 2012 West Coast Conference DVD series Standing Firm as thanks for a gift of any amount at this URL:

https://www.ligonier.org/donate/?appeal=AA12E10000&pakcode=&fund=220.5010&source_message=the%20Standing%20Firm%20appeal%20&utm_source=ET&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eblast


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[3] World Communion of Reformed Churches to leave Geneva, Switzerland for Hanover, Germany

The Executive Committee of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has voted to relocate its offices from Geneva, Switzerland to Hanover, Germany. The results of the vote taken via email were announced [5 November 2012] by WCRC President Jerry Pillay.

"We welcome the move to Hanover which allows WCRC to continue to live out its mission as a Communion of churches. We will remain focused on our mandate of seeking church unity and justice in society and the economy and respect for the environment," Pillay says in a statement.

The move comes in response to concerns about the cost of running an organization in Switzerland. These include staff salaries and the high value of the Swiss franc. Most WCRC membership fees and donations are made in Euros or American dollars that have dropped in value in the past several years against the strong Swiss franc.

The move to Hanover is scheduled for the end of December 2013. The new offices will be located at the Calvin Centre owned by the Evangelical Reformed Church of Germany where the Reformed Alliance has its offices. WCRC has a seven-member staff.

WCRC general secretary, Setri Nyomi, says: “I am grateful for the dedicated staff team of the WCRC who have faithfully given themselves and their professional gifts to the Reformed family of churches worldwide and have been at the forefront of making a difference in the world. They are the ones called upon to make new sacrifices at this time of relocation.”

The Reformed church movement has had its offices in Geneva since 1948 when the World Presbyterian Alliance (a WCRC predecessor organisation) moved from Edinburgh, Scotland. At the time the World Council of Churches was in formation and Reformed church leaders felt it important to be close to colleagues in the global ecumenical movement.

In responding to the decision, WCRC Vice-President Yvette Noble-Bloomfield says: “The World Communion of Reformed Churches in making the decision to relocate from Geneva to Hanover, has demonstrated the desire to place itself in a position to deepen its core calling and interpretation of character that can further its response to the history, life and purpose of member churches. There must be a desire and a hope for a future that is redemptive and passionate even in the face of the challenges of change and the costly risk of relationships.”

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[4] PCUSA Permanent Judicial Commission Exonerates Lesbian Minister Who ‘Married’ Same-Sex Partner

A 6 November 2012 The Christian Post article by Michael Gryboski titled “Lesbian Clergywoman Cleared of Charges by Highest PCUSA Commission” reports that on Sunday 4 November 2012, the
Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)’s Permanent Judicial Commission exonerated the Rev. Laurie McNeill of charges of violations of church law when McNeill ‘married’ her same sex partner in 2009.


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[5] PCUSA Permanent Judicial Commission Faults San Francisco Presbytery’s Gracious Dismissal Policy for Not Taking into Account the Value of Church Property

The
Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)’s Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC) ruled 28 October 2012 ruled that the ‘gracious dismissal policy’ of the Presbytery of San Francisco which states that the PCUSA trust clause “was not to be used as a weapon to threaten civil action against a congregation over issues of conscience” does not take into account the financial worth of church property, and thus exercises the PJC’s “declaratory authority to provide guidance to lower councils and prevent future violations.”


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[6] Church of Scotland Presbyteries Establishing Special Committees to Negotiate Property Settlements with Churches Seceding over Ordination of Homosexual Ministers

A 3 November 2012 The Herald article by Brian Donnelly titled “Kirk Seeks Land Deal with Rebel Congregations” reports that presbyteries in the Church of Scotland are establishing special committees to negotiate property settlements with churches seceding over the ordination of homosexual ministers and what one church calls the Kirk’s "revisionist trajectory".

The committees “are designed to diffuse potentially explosive legal wrangles between congregations” such as recent Kirk actions to seize the properties of the St. George’s Tron Church in Glasgow, Scotland, said actions generating a large public outcry.

A Kirk investigation found that twenty percent of
Church of Scotland churches with up to 100,000 church members will likely leave the Kirk over the issue of homosexual ordination, and thus significantly diminish the UK£40 million raised every year by the current 1400 Kirk congregations.


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[7] News from the Trinity Foundation

The Results of The Trinity Foundation 2012 Christian Worldview Essay Contest are in.

The First Prize of US$3000 plus fifteen books goes to Laura Rader of Suffolk, Virginia, for her essay "Without a Prayer: Ayn Rand and the Close of Her System".

The Second Prize of US$2000 plus ten books goes to Abigail Lashbrook of Newville, Pennsylvania, for her essay "Atlas Fell".

There was no Third Prize Winner this year.

The latest Trinity Review - Part 2 of "The Church Irrational" by John W. Robbins has been posted on The Trinity Foundation website, as has information about The Trinity Foundation’s Ninth Annual (2013) Christian Worldview Essay Contest on Modern Philosophy by Gordon H. Clark.


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[8]
Headlines from Christian Concern

Headlines of the past week from
Christian Concern:

-- Maidstone, England Council Rejects Second ‘Lap Dancing’ Application

-- Pregnancy Counselors in Ireland Giving Potentially Life-Threatening Advice on Abortion


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[9]
Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from
The Christian Institute:

-- U.K. Charity Commission Accused of Suppressing Christianity

-- U.K. Prime Minister Accused of Being ‘Misleading’ About Gay Marriage

-- U.K. Schoolgirls of Thirteen Given Birth Control Implants during Lunch


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[10]
Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from
LifesiteNews.com:

-- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Tied to Abortionist Accused of Malpractice, Patient’s Death, and Medicaid Fraud

-- American Nurses Association Issues Draft Statement Opposing Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

-- Why Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Signals the End of Heterosexual Rights

-- Nevada Court May Force Disabled Woman to Abort Her Child

-- United Nations Agencies Ask Brazilian President to Criminalize ‘Homophobia’

-- Australia’s University of South Wales blocks Pro-Life Group: Worried Group Would ‘Target Women’

-- Irish Children’s Rights Referendum Will Make Children Property of the State Says U.S. Legal Expert


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[11] 
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- PETA Wants a Memorial to Dead Fish

-- U.S. Vice President Biden Calls Transgender Discrimination the ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’

-- Obama Executive Order Expands Homeland Security into State and Local Areas

-- Romney Surrogate Former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota: Roe V. Wade “Not Going to Be Reversed”

-- Seven U.S. Senate Candidates Support Forcing Transgender Teachers on Classrooms

-- New York Looters Plunder “In Broad Daylight” Spouting Socialist Dogma

-- U.S. Center for Disease Control Says U.S. Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low; 40.7 Percent of Babies Born to Unmarried Women

-- Obama Administration Mandates Oil Firms Hire Sea Turtle Observers

-- Will a SWAT Team Invade Your Business?

-- Potential Ten-Year Prison Terms for Pastors that Preach Biblical Truths

-- National Health Service Hospitals in England Financially Rewarded at Least UK£12 million for Using Liverpool Care Pathway, which Can Include Removal of Food and Water from Terminal Patients

-- Robber Disrupts Roanoke County, Virginia Church Service

-- New Obamacare Tax Form Invades Your Privacy by Requiring Personal Health Information

-- Obama’s 2009 Inauguration Pastor Joseph Lowery Says ‘All White People Are Going to Hell’

-- Evergreen State College of Olympia, Washington’s 'Nondiscrimination' Policy Lets Man Change with Female Swim Team

-- U.S. Federal Government Won’t Allow Dairy Farmers to Lower Milk Prices

-- Christians in Laos told: Perform Animist Rituals or Face Eviction

-- Messianic Jews in Israel Ordered To Pay Lesbians the Equivalent of US$20,000 for Not Allowing Same-Sex Wedding in Facilities

-- 400 Percent Increase in Persecution of Christians in ‘10/40 Window’ Prompts Urgent Call for Prayer

-- Buckingham Slate of Arvonia, Virginia Fined US$4000 by U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration for Missing Trash Can Lid

-- Hurricane-Relief National Guardsmen Tossed Out of Manhattan’s Lexington Armory - for Victoria's Secret Show

-- Piedmont, Oklahoma Mother Fined $2500 after Three-Year-Old Son Urinates in Yard


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[12] 
The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- Devout Muslim Groups in Egypt Attempt To Legalize Pedophilia

-- Jihad Recruiters in Minnesota Using Qur'an to Convince Young Muslims to Go Fight in Somalia

-- Muslim Cleric in Dagestan Murdered for Preaching Peace

-- Obama's Courting of the Iranian Mullahs

-- Four Iranian Christian leaders each Sentenced to One Year in Prison

-- France Deports Devout Imam Who Called for Jihad, Jewish Genocide and Corporal Punishment of Woman

-- Half of American Muslims Believe “Parodies” of Muhammad Should Be Prosecuted Criminally in the U.S., One In Eight Calls for Death Penalty for Insulting Islam, Forty Percent Support Sharia Law over U.S. Law

-- Obama-Backed Rebels in Syria Burn Down Church

-- Arab Media Report Exposes Security Breaches at Benghazi Consulate Only Hours before Assassination of U.S. Ambassador

-- Mob Sets Pakistan Girls’ School on Fire over Alleged ‘Blasphemy’

-- U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi Holds Secret Fundraiser With Islamists, Hamas-Linked Groups

-- Iranians Chant 'Death to America' to Mark 1979 Embassy Takeover

-- Academic Jihad against Texas Professor Fired for "Offending Muslim Students"

-- Fatah-Lebanon Facebook Page Shows Muslim Mother Putting Suicide Belt on Child

-- Muslim Mother in Wales Immolates Seven-Year-Old Son for 'Failing to Learn the Koran'

-- The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism

-- Benghazi Investigator Former Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering Slams America and 'Islamophobes'

-- United Nations Official Calls for Making Islamic Istanbul, Turkey into the "Capital of the World"

-- Secret Iran Nuclear-Bomb Plant Expanding

-- Muslim Pressure Closes Church in Indonesia

-- British Members of Parliament Release Report on Intensifying Pressure on Iranian Christian Converts

-- Pastor Killed in Church Blast in Garissa, Kenya

-- Pakistani Christian Pastor Arrested for Blasphemy


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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

31 October 2012



Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Happy Reformation Day plus 495 Years

[2] Confiscation of St. George’s Tron Church in Glasgow, Scotland, Property by the Church of Scotland Liable to Wreck Established Ministry to Glasgow’s Needy

[3] Church of Scotland Criticized over Ownership of Luxury Hotel in Tiberias, Israel

[4]
Headlines from Christian Concern

[5]
Headlines from The Christian Institute

[6]
Articles from LifesiteNews.com

[7] 
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[8] 
The Religion of Peace

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[1] Happy Reformation Day plus 495 Years

31 October 2012 marks the 495th anniversary of the posting by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther of the ninety-five theses upon the door of the cathedral in Wittenberg,
Germany, beginning the Protestant Reformation. Dr. Luther’s posted theses were posted as an invitation to his seminary students to debate the biblical fidelity or not of issues related to the sale of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church. Luther had no idea of the firestorm to be kindled by this action that shook the foundations of the church and called her back to God after centuries of darkness.

Today additionally marks the fourth anniversary of the rebirth of the Christian Observer on 31 October 2008 as an Internet publication after the now 199-year-old publication had ceased printed publication in mid-2007 due to the increasing costs of printing and postage. The Christian Observer staff too pauses to remember the passing of the Rev. Dr. Edwin P. Elliott Jr., Publisher, Editor Emeritus and Edwin’s mother Mrs. Ellen L.B. Elliott, Edwin’s wife Anne Elliott, and Anne’s mother Mrs. Lucy Brisbois who, beginning with Edwin in October 2009, have all left this fallen world and are now in the arms of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

May God send his Holy Spirit upon this crooked and perverse nation and world, to fill his elect and call them to repentance, revival, and a new spirit of Full Bible Reformation, and that Jesus Christ will be proclaimed by all nations and peoples as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.


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[2] Confiscation of Property of St. George’s Tron Church in Glasgow, Scotland, by the Church of Scotland Liable to Wreck Established Ministry to Glasgow’s Needy

A 26 October 2012 The Herald article by Brian Donnelly titled “Those In Need Will Suffer if We Are Evicted” reports that the members of St. George's Tron Church in Glasgow [Editor’s Note: Not
Edinburgh as was reported in an earlier PW issue. Thank you, as always, J.M.], Scotland, are concerned that the church’s ministry to addicts, alcoholics, asylum seekers and immigrants from all over the world may be destroyed if the Church of Scotland prevails in the Kirk’s efforts to confiscate the church buildings and monetary assets of the church and evict the congregation.

The St. George's Tron Church congregation recently quit the
Church of Scotland over the issue of the ordination of homosexuals. The Kirk has already rejected an offer of UK£1 million in exchange for letting the congregation keep their church property.


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[3] Church of Scotland Criticized over Ownership of Luxury Hotel in Tiberias, Israel

A 27 October 2012 The Herald article by Angus Roxburgh titled “Controversy over the Kirk's [UK]£13 Million Luxury Hotel in the Holy Land” reports that the
Church of Scotland is being criticized for its ownership of the luxurious The Scots Hotel in Tiberias, Israel, for which the Kirk has invested about UK£13 million over the past thirteen years.


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[4]
Headlines from Christian Concern

Headlines of the past week from
Christian Concern:

-- University of Sussex Students Block Abort67 Display

-- London, England Mayor Boris Johnson Pledges UK£650,000 for London Gay Pride

-- Victory in Maidsone Lap Dancing Case


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[5]
Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from
The Christian Institute:

-- France: Gay Marriage Must Include ‘Assisted Procreation’

-- Brighton, England Council May Ban ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’

-- Explicit Sex Education Website and App Aimed at Thirteen Year Olds

-- Court ‘Forces’ Gay Adoption on Northern Ireland

-- Bill To Curb Sharia Courts Debated in the House of Lords


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[6]
Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from
LifesiteNews.com:

-- Ugandan Parliamentarian Blasts Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister over Gay ‘Marriage’ Remark

-- Alberta Homeschoolers ‘Thank God’ After Proposed Education Act Significantly Revised

-- Chinese Officials Violently Force Abortion on Nearly Six-Months Pregnant Woman

-- Door Smashed, Cans of Black Paint Thrown into Vienna, Austria ,Pro-Life Office during World Prayer Congress for Life

-- Pornography is The Silent ‘Cancer’ of Our Time

-- Federal Courts Force Indiana, Arizona To Keep Funding Planned Parenthood

-- New York Court of Appeals Slams the Door on Challenge to Same-Sex 'Marriage' Law

-- Parents Sue Doctors for Declaring Eight-Year-Old ‘Dead’ Despite Life Signs

-- UK Mother Fails in Court of Appeal Bid To Halt Her Children’s Adoption by Homosexuals

-- Canadian NDP Threatens Family Coalition Party with Legal Action for 'Hate Literature' Mail Drop

-- French National Assembly Votes for Full Funding of Abortion and Free Contraception for Girls Fifteen and Older

-- U.S. National Security Agency Says They Will Illegally Spy on Citizens Only When Absolutely Necessary

-- ‘Polyamory’: the Next Civil Rights Movement?

-- Republican Homosexual Group Endorses Romney: Cites Possible Support for Nondiscrimination Bill


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[7] 
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- DHS Removing Naked Body Scanners, Replacing with ‘Gumby’ Scanners

-- For DHS, Cybersecurity Education Begins in Kindergarten

-- Woman Says TSA Agent Stole Jewels at Boston, Massachusetts’ Logan Airport

-- Obama Executive Order Expands Homeland Security Reach into Local Law Enforcement

-- Michelle Obama Lobbied for Partial Birth Abortions

-- Secret Service Asks Americans to Report Tweets That ‘Concern You’

-- Military Forces Chaplains to Perform 'Gay' Marriage

-- Regarding Abortion: What Both Obama and Romney Want Us To Forget

-- Obama’s ‘Kill List’ Becomes Permanent ‘War on Terror’ Centerpiece

-- Former Obama Press Secretary Says Sixteen Year Old American Killed In Drone Strike Should Have Had “More Responsible Father”

-- Obama Campaign Releases Ad Comparing First Time Vote to First Time Having Sex

-- Romney: God Did Not Create Life if Conceived in Rape?

-- Obama Backs Gay Marriage Measures in Three States

-- U.S. Federal Government Won’t Allow Dairy Farmer to Sell Milk Cheaper


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[8] 
The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- White House Knew Islamist Terrorist Connection to Embassy Attack in Two Hours

-- Obama Was in the Room Watching Benghazi Attack Happen

-- Obama Rebuilds Mosques while Churches Burn

-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Asked For More Security in Benghazi, Obama Said No

-- Tanzania: Christians Threatened by Islamisation

-- Car Bomb Explodes in the New Assyrian [Christian] Quarter in Aleppo, Syria

-- Car Bomb Kills Ten in Christian Quarter of Damascus, Syria

-- Obama's Chamberlain Moment toward Iran

-- Afghan Police Say Man Killed Wife for Wanting Job

-- Pierce County, Washington Forced To Make Special Accommodations for Muslim Inmates after Settlement

-- Israeli Imam Says Muslim Demography Will Free USA and Europe from Zionist Slavery

-- The Poisonous Fruit of a Pro-Jihad President

-- Yemeni Woman Sentenced To Death for Killing Male Relative Who Tried To Rape Her

-- More Violent Muslim Rampages in Burma

-- Jihadists in UK Plotted To Fit Blades on Front of Truck and Use It for Mass Murder, Building 'Ultimate Mowing Machine' To Kill and Maim

-- Obama Administration Denied Request for Help during 11 September 2012 Benghazi Jihadist Attack despite Three Urgent Requests

-- CIA Team Was Ordered Not to Help U.S. Embassy Staff in Benghazi

-- Darkness Descending in England

-- Greek Orthodox Priest Abducted in Syria is Found Dead

-- Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa Decries Endorsement of Girl Child Marriage by Sudan's State-Controlled Clerics

-- Muhammad, the Sexual Superman

-- Defending Sudan's Christians from Islamist Terror

-- Indonesia Arrests Eleven Muslims in Terror Attack Plot against U.S. Embassy

-- Sunni Militiamen Murder Syrian Pastors

-- Al-Qaeda Leader Calls for Muslims to Kidnap Westerners in Exchange for Imprisoned Jihadists

-- Muslim U.S. Congressman Promotes Sharia Compliant Transaction Tax?

-- Kaduna Catholic Church Hit in Nigeria Suicide Bomb Attack

-- Saudi King Urges UN Action against Religious Insults

-- Minnesota Schools Close So Teachers Can Play with Dolls, Learn About Teaching Islam

-- Secret U.S., Iranian Meetings to Continue

-- New York University Terrorism Class Asks Students to Plot a Deadly Jihadist Attack

-- Chinese Muslim Groups Active in Syria, Says China

-- Muslim Cleric Condemns Christianity for Teaching Gender Equality

-- Obama’s “Strategic Partnership” with Radical Islam


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

24 October 2012



Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1]
Mitt Romney's Great Lie the Media and Christians are Ignoring

[2] Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective Published by P&R Publishing

[3] First Annual B.B. Warfield Lectures Announced for 2-3 November 2012 at First Presbyterian Church of Colombia, South Carolina

[4]
Headlines from Christian Concern

[5]
Headlines from The Christian Institute

[6]
Articles from LifesiteNews.com

[7] 
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[8] 
The Religion of Peace

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[1]
Mitt Romney's Great Lie the Media and Christians are Ignoring

Bill Keller, Internet Evangelist and the founder of Liveprayer.com, on 22 October 2012 wrote:

“Mitt Romney lies every time he calls himself a Christian and the media and true Christians ignore it!

“Up front, this is in no way an endorsement for President Obama since I don't tell people who to or not to vote for. I was one of the first in the media in 2007 to warn people who then, Senator Obama was, and shared that if he was elected President in 2008 it would be a form of God's judgment on this nation for our sins. According to the Book of James, Chapter 4 Verse 4, President Obama is an enemy of God in every sense of the word. As I warned and has come to pass, he has been the most pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-enemy of Israel president in history. President Obama opposes God on every major spiritual issue of the day.

“This is also not about politics. This is about spiritual issues, which are the real problems our nation faces. Mitt Romney and those in his cult like Glenn Back, LIE every time they call themselves Christian. Mormon doctrine is clearly 100 percent inconsistent with Biblical Christianity. While they claim they are Christians because the name of their cult is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that doesn't make them Christians any more than if they called themselves giraffes would make them giraffes!

“Mitt Romney and all Mormon men believe that if they follow the beliefs of their cult during this life, upon death they will become the "god" of their own planet. That is why when Romney and Mormons speak of "god," it is NOT the God of the Bible Christians believe in, but a "god" who was once a man and ascended to become "god" of this planet.

“Mitt Romney and those in his cult talk about having faith in Jesus, but the "jesus" they believe in is NOT a deity as the Bible teaches. Their jesus is also the brother of Lucifer who will return one day to Independence, Missouri, instead of the Mount of Olives as the Bible teaches. As for true Biblical Christians, Romney and those in their cult believe that they are lost and inferior.

“In regards to the Bible, those in the Mormon cult supersede God's Word which true Christians believe represents Absolute Truth and cannot be added or taken away from, with the writings of their cult's documented con artist, pedophile, polygamist, racist, and murdering founder Joseph Smith. Those writings include The Book of Mormon, The Pearl of Great Price, and the Doctrines and Covenants. These writings and NOT the Bible that they believe is flawed, form the authority Mormons put their faith in.

“Regarding women, Romney and those in the Mormon cult believe like Muslims, that women are inferior to men. Mormon women have ZERO spiritual authority. As a matter of fact, an eleven-year-old male in the Mormon cult has more spiritual authority than a mature woman. Mitt Romney and men in the Mormon cult have a special name for their wife/wives that only the two of them know. That is because upon death, a Mormon woman can only get into the Mormon version of heaven by their husband calling them by that special name.

“Once in their version of heaven, a woman will be one of many wives since Mormons still believe in polygamy, even though most have abandoned the practice to become more acceptable by the culture. In the Mormon version of the afterlife, women will all be eternal incubators, creating "spirit babies" that Mormons believe will populate their "planet" that they have been given to rule as "god."

“The reason the media can't figure out why Mitt Romney seems like someone living in the '50s, why he seems a bit "off," is because they don't understand the beliefs that guide Romney and those in their cult. Since his college days at [Brigham Young University], Romney was called by close friends "the chosen one." This is a reference to the White Horse Prophecy he and all Mormons believe in, that says the nation will be in a state of chaos. During that time of chaos, they believe a Mormon will be elected President, set aside the [U.S.] Constitution, and enact a Mormon theocracy.

“Of course, if you challenge a Mormon about their beliefs, they will LIE that this is not what they believe. In Mormonism, it is called "lying for the Lord," which teaches them that it is okay to lie about their true beliefs in order to advance the agenda of their cult. This is why when asked about their secretive "temple rituals" their founder Smith plagiarized from the [Masons], Mormons will tell you they are sacred and not secret, to keep people from knowing about their blood oaths to the Mormon cult above everything else, or the role playing that includes worshipping Satan.

“Mitt Romney, Glenn Beck, and those in the Mormon cult LIE every time they claim to be a Christian. The fact is, because of their beliefs that they will deny if confronted with them, a Mormon is no more a Christian than a Muslim is. Why won't the media challenge Mitt Romney on this issue? Worse, why do true Biblical Christians allow him and those in his cult to get away with such a LIE???”


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[2] Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective Published by P&R Publishing

P&R Publishing Company has published Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective, by Ryan C. McIlhenny, in which Neo-Calvinist scholars address issues on which they differ with Two Kingdoms supporters, such as the nature and extent of Christ's kingdom, the idea of Christian culture, cosmic redemption, the cultural mandate, natural law, and common grace.

Michael A. Milton of Reformed Theological Seminary says of this book: “I have prayed for wise and courageous scholars to step up—and step into—this fraternal debate within the Reformed Christian community concerning Two Kingdoms. I am praising God, therefore, for . . . Kingdoms Apart.”


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[3] First Annual B.B. Warfield Lectures Announced for 2-3 November 2012 at First Presbyterian Church of Colombia, South Carolina

The first annual B.B. Warfield Lectures are scheduled for 2-3 November 2012 at Jackson Hall of First Presbyterian Church (Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church) of Columbia, South Carolina. The theme of the lectures is “WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?” - Confessing Jesus Christ—Yesterday and Today. The lectures will be presented by Dr. Mark E. Ross, Professor of Systematic Theology at Erskine Theological Seminary.


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[4]
Headlines from Christian Concern

Headlines of the past week from
Christian Concern:

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Demoted Christian in Court over Same-Sex 'Marriage' Comments

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Northern Ireland Attorney General Seeks Inquiry into Belfast Marie Stopes Abortion Clinic

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French Government Ready to Redefine Marriage


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[5] Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:

-- Christian Bed and Breakfast Loses Court Case Brought by Homosexual Couple

-- Scots Teen Abortion Percentage Second Highest In World

-- Scots Girls of Thirteen Given Morning-After Pill without Parents’ Knowledge


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[6]
Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:

-- Inmate Tells Arrested Pro-Lifer: ‘Your Arrest in the Abortion Clinic Saved My Baby’

-- New Romney Ad: 'Abortion Should Be an Option'

-- How Planned Parenthood Targets Blacks and Hispanics

-- United Nations Human Rights Council Attempts to Create Abortion ‘Right’

-- Pro-life Activists - One in Jail - Receive Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for Fighting for Pre-Born

-- Department Store Nordstrom Supports Redefining Marriage

-- Ex-Gay Families Ask U.S. Government Take Down Links to Websites Demeaning Ex-Gays

-- Billboard Company Lamar Refuses to Post Pro-Life Ads in Indiana

-- Film on Teen Who Awoke From Coma before Having Organs Harvested Stirs 'Brain Death' Debate

-- Children to Be Taught 'Heterosexuality Not the Norm' in Australian Schools Project

-- Yale Study: Only One-Third of Adolescent Pregnancies 'Unwanted'


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[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- Military Forces Chaplains to Perform 'Gay' Marriage

-- Romney Swing State Ads: ‘Abortion Should Be an Option’

-- Billy Graham Site Removes Mormon 'Cult' Reference after Romney Meeting

-- Daughter of LDS Bishop Warns Against Mormonism and Romney Presidency

-- Franklin Graham Questions Obama’s Christianity, But Not Mormon Romney’s

-- Parents and Students Ignore Atheist Threats and Pray at High School Football Game

-- Los Angeles Woman Arrested for Selling Raw Milk Jailed and Had Bond Set at US$60,000

-- Abortion Clinic in Northern Ireland Draws Outrage

-- U.S. Navy Lieutenant’s Husband Put on No Fly List, Stranded on Island

-- Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

-- Lesbian Soldier Begins Sex-Change Process during Deployment to Afghanistan

-- State of Georgia Bans Firearms in Houses of Worship

-- Blind Man in U.K. Tasered after Police Mistake White Cane for Samurai Sword

-- Glendale, Arizona Woman Ticketed for Giving Free Food to Hungry

-- Burma Land Grabs Force Spike in Human Trafficking

-- Free Online Classes Banned in Minnesota without Explicit Government Approval

-- Atheists Recruit College Students to Photograph Pastors’ Homes

-- FEMA Corps Youth Program Draws “Hitler Youth” Comparisons

-- U.S. Federal Government Actively Fighting Christian and Gay-to-Straight Counseling

-- University Dean Says Creationists Should Not Be Allowed to Graduate


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+ Freedom Outpost, 1116 N Market Street, Paris, Tennessee 38242, 73-644-2220, Contact Page

+ CNSNews.com, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 877-267-6397, newsdesk@cnsnews.com

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+ The Leadership Institute, 1101 North Highland Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201, 703-247-2000, Contact Page

+ The College Fix, jkabbany@thecollegefix.com


[8] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- A Red Carpet for Radicals at the White House

-- Victims Outraged as Feds Refuse to Call Fort Hood Attack Terrorism

-- Shiite Muslims Quietly Establish a Foothold in U.S.

-- Muslim Gang Attempts to Kidnap Egyptian Christian Mother, Four Dead

-- FBI Arrests Muslim Terrorist with 1,000 Lb Bomb in Plot to Blow Up New York City Federal Reserve Building

-- Mass Arrests of New Christian Converts in Shiraz, Iran

-- Obama Administration Approves up to US$300 Million for Infrastructure Projects in the Islamic Republic of Iran

-- Residents Flee Potiskum, Nigeria As Death Toll Hits Thirty-One

-- The Rape and Murder of Pakistan’s Christian Children

-- Jordan Disrupts Major Al-Qaeda Terrorist Plot

-- Virginia Teacher Charged With Assault: Girl’s Hand Cut in Forced ‘Islamic Hand Sign’ Drill

-- Afghan Girl 'Beheaded for Refusing Prostitution'

-- Taliban Unrepentant After Attack on Pakistani Teen, Vow to Kill Her

-- New Jersey Assembly Passes Pro-Jihad Bill: Dismantles Counter Terror Measures to Appease Muslim Brotherhood Organizations

-- Muslims Bombard National Geographic Channel with Jihad Terror Threats over Bin Laden Raid Movie

-- American Christians Raise Voices against Boko Haram

-- Church Buildings across Tanzania Attacked by Islamists

-- Assassinated U.S. Libyan Ambassador May Have Been Linked to Jihadist Rebels in Syria

-- Egyptian Constitution Promises Equal Rights for Women — So Long As It Doesn’t ‘Conflict With the Rulings of Islamic Shariah’

-- New Report Documents Government of Sudan’s Starvation Warfare against Its Own People

-- CIA Chiefs Face Arrest over Horrific Evidence of Bloody 'Video-Game' Sorties by Drone Pilots

-- Rimsha Masih's Case Extended

-- Another Christian Teenager Held for Blasphemy in Pakistan

-- Authorities Close Down Churches in Aceh, Indonesia

-- Islam Loves American Prisons


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+ Assyrian International News Agency

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+ AllAfrica.com, 920 M Street Southeast, Washington DC 20003, 202- 546-0777, Fax: 202-546-0676

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+ The Daily Mail, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, England, 020-7938-6000, news@dailymail.co.uk

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